Getting Started

GETTING STARTED WITH ARENA
Prompt
Up Time Units
Down Time
Down Time Units
Uptime in this State
only
Description
Time units for the time between failures (Up Time) for timebased
failures.
Defines the duration of the failure.
Time units for the duration of the failure (Down Time).
Defines the state that should be considered for the time between
failures (only for time-based failures). If state is not specified,
then all states are considered (that is, the time between failures
does not depend on the time spent in a specific state, but rather
on the total simulation time). For example, you might want to
define a failure to be based only on the state Busy, and therefore,
the time between downtimes would be based on the amount of
time that a resource is busy, not simulated clock time.
File module
DESCRIPTION
Use the File module to access external files for the ReadWrite module, Variable
module, and Expression module. The File module identifies the system file name and
defines the access type and operational characteristics of the file.
TYPICAL USES
• File containing predefined airline flight data
• File specifying customer order times and relevant information
• File to write user model configuration data from menu input
PROMPTS
Prompt
Name
Access Type
Operating System File
Name
Description
The name of the file whose characteristics are being defined.
This name must be unique.
The file type.
Name of the actual file that is being read from or to which it is
being written.
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